I normally do my blog reading and posting on the bed with my kid beside me. Whenever I’m busy with blogging, I make sure that she’s busy, too. I give her writing and tracing activities or coloring books. I glance at her work from time to time. She doesn’t mind me at all. I guess she does not find my work interesting enough to merit her attention. But tables are turned whenever I read KCee’s blog. She puts down her work and keeps on saying her friend’s name while pointing at either Kcee’s entrecard widget or the photos of her daughter. She thinks KCee’s kid is her friend Onisa.

KCee and I have many things in common. We both love to write. We have daughters, more or less the same age. We display our children’s art in our blogs. We are in our 30’s and and we sometimes worry about aging. We’re coffee drinkers and Starbucks is heaven for us. And we both love Benicio Del Toro. I think we were sisters in our past lives.

Now, let’s see if you too have something in common with KCee.

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My Bag

Contents

These are the basic items in my bag - wallet, mobile phone, perfume, mineral loose powder, lip gloss, alcohol ( I prefer this over hand sanitizers, I feel they don’t kill enough germs!), facial tissue, a minimum of 2 pens (I usually have 4 of them), cutter (this will be useful in case of stranger attack. Quite paranoid, huh!).

I have a full time day job, but I also do freelance jobs after office. Actually, I tend to enjoy more the latter. It’s my dream to become a stay-at-home mom and go full time on freelancing. Oh, if only I could!

Some find it too juvenile to write in a diary. I don’t. I believe nobody is too young or too old for this activity that actually empowers and inspires the writer in some way. I have always felt a sense of security and comfort putting my thoughts on paper, as it unloads what occupies my mind and heart which can be quite liberating. Through the years, I have collected a number of diaries in different colors, shapes and sizes, and it’s always an emotional trip down memory lane whenever I start flipping the pages.

It was two years ago when I started blogging, but it’s only now that I have dedicated more time and effort into it. For me it’s pretty much like keeping a diary, except that I do it now by typing my thoughts and publishing them online for everyone to read. I’m currently enjoying meeting great people from all over the world that I wouldn’t have met had I not been blogging.

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Thanks KCee and keep on writing. You’re next zerisse! And check out other contributors while you’re here.

It’s project time once again and I’d like to thank all the people who have sent their articles so far.
So today we’re in for something lovely because this girl seems to have no problem in the world (though, she has gone through a lot). She seems so positive about life that it’s contagious sometimes. It would be a pleasure to introduce this bubbly and very friendly girl who I met in Blogcatalog. I think I joined her ongoing discussion and she was kind enough to visit my site and comment.

She was also the first person who has seen my whole face. Here’s the story. I was up late at night and tried to experiment with my profile in Blogcatalog. I tried to upload some of my photos, trying to see which one would look nice all the while thinking that no one could see them. It was only a matter of minutes but unfortunately, Ria was up too and saw them. Read what she had to say.

Still, I was not brave enough to leave it be. As you have probably noticed, I don’t show my whole face–not in my profile, not in my posts and not for the next month or so. Here’s to Ria who has seen my face and who I’ll be having coffee with in person when she visits this July . I’m looking forward to it. =)

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What’s inside my bag?

Everytime I have to change bag to match my outfit has caused me some dilemma. Not that I have gazillions of bags to choose from but I just wonder which bag will suffice to accommodate the stuff I’ll be putting in =)

At the time I got the tag, I am using my favourite brown bag and just for the sake of divulging to the public what I cannot live without, here they are:

I have my mobile phone, a small notebook to jot down ideas (& the plate numbers of those who cut me on the road! Hahaha), a sachet of “ampalaya (bitter gourd)” tea, pack of gum, USB flash, 2 cds, my wallet, my rosary, car keys/house keys, wet wipes, hair brush, small make-up kit (full of glosses, eyeliners, and a Vandol Ointment tube which I use as a layer for my lip gloss (it softens my lips. I swear!!!!), my company ID and my favourite compact – La Prairie. I swear, if this bag can still hold another item, my sunglasses will be in it too! I decided to leave it in the car. No more space…=)

You might wonder how they all fit in my medium-sized shoulder bag, well, it’s just a matter of how you organize to accommodate all. No tricks!!! All of them are there. The phone is kept at the side of my wallet and the small stuff are in the pocket and remember the 2 pockets outside the bag? The car/house keys are in the other side and the gum and flash disk are in the other. Presto!

There goes…

A little info about my blog:

My party is a site for everything I want to talk about or whatever strikes me at the moment. Mostly it’ll be about my life, family issues, friends, shopping, travel, arts and craft of my daughter and some snippets of life’s philosophy and oh, throw in some creative juice of my poetic side

A little background on the author:

I started blogging in late 2005 out of boredom. I thought “why not put all those ‘angst’ into words” and so I did. My blogs were rather bleak and gloomy because that’s how I felt that time – bleak and gloomy. However, I stopped when one of my family members passed away. I temporarily lost all will to squeeze my brains for some creative juice. I decided to stay under the radar until lately. My Uncle (Ruan’s Corner) prodded me to blog. I gave in and never turned my back again. I have met great blog friends like the author of this tag – Chi and have gained readers world-wide. Who would have thought that this blogging thing will open many opportunities and weave friendships in the process? I guess I’m staying on the ride for as long as I can. Now, my perspective in life has changed dramatically so more of my thoughts are inspired by my family, my positive outlook in life and the friends who make my party rock!

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Thanks Ria for letting us peak into your bag and your life. See you soon. You’re next Kcee.